Shalini Bahl

Author / Teacher

Shalini Bahl

Shalini Bahl, PhD, is the award-winning author of Return to Mindfulness and founder of Sama Life, where she offers daily live micro-practices for real-world engagement. A certified MBSR and Search Inside Yourself teacher with pioneering research in mindfulness and consumer well-being recognized by the American Marketing Association, she brings contemplative practice into complex real-world contextsβ€”from Town Council chambers to corporate boardrooms. Through her teaching, writing, and TEDx talks, she focuses on building practical mindfulness skills that disrupt default patterns and restore clarity, integrity, and care. Her guided meditations have reached over 80,000 listeners worldwide.

Articles by Shalini Bahl

A 5-Minute Meditation to Focus With Ease
Focus & Attention

A 5-Minute Meditation to Focus With Ease

Let go of the tension that often arises when we try too hard. Read More

A 4-Minute Practice to Build Trust and Connection
Guided Meditations

A 4-Minute Practice to Build Trust and Connection

You can explore building greater trust and connection, even when you’re by yourself. This practice helps you give someone your undivided attention. Read More

A 4-Minute Practice to Clarify What’s Important Right Now
Focus & Attention

A 4-Minute Practice to Clarify What’s Important Right Now

Feeling scattered or disorganized? Pausing to take just three breaths can help you discern what's important right now and direct energy toward that. Read More

A 5-Minute Meditation to Shift From Overwhelm to Opportunity
Guided Meditations

A 5-Minute Meditation to Shift From Overwhelm to Opportunity

This simple practice helps you shift your focus to see the positive opportunities within challenges. Read More

A 5-Minute Practice to Feel the Power of Presence
Focus & Attention

A 5-Minute Practice to Feel the Power of Presence

Tuning in to our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual intelligence helps us cultivate the power of presence, a state of focus and calm. Read More

Making Space: A Mindful Guide to Processing Post-Election Emotions
Depression & Grief

Making Space: A Mindful Guide to Processing Post-Election Emotions

When we experience emotional intensity, it’s important to give ourselves grace, rest, and time to heal. Shalini Bahl offers three practical steps along with a meditation to help us all process post-election emotions. Read More

Cultivating Mindfulness Beyond Meditation: How 8 Skills Empower Us in Everyday Life
Expert Interviews

Cultivating Mindfulness Beyond Meditation: How 8 Skills Empower Us in Everyday Life

Even as meditators, we often struggle to be mindful in our day-to-day lives. Author and researcher Shalini Bahl shares what she’s discovered about our ability to return to mindfulness when it matters most. Read More

Compassion in Action: Showing Up Even When We Want to Shut Down
Loving-Kindness & Compassion

Compassion in Action: Showing Up Even When We Want to Shut Down

Compassion disrupts our default habit of judging by seeking to understand and recognize our interconnectedness, generating a genuine desire to help. Read More

A 12-Minute Meditation To Act On What’s Important
Guided Meditations

A 12-Minute Meditation To Act On What’s Important

Let go of striving and settle in a place of spaciousness that allows you to be with the truest parts of who you are. Read More

A 12-Minute Meditation to Replenish Cognitive Energy
Focus & Attention

A 12-Minute Meditation to Replenish Cognitive Energy

Boost your cognitive energy resources by intentionally focusing on your senses and all that you notice in and around your body. Read More

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